Improvement in umbrella



MASON HIRSH AND LEOPOLD HIIiSl-I, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

Letters Patent No. 111,453, dated January 31, 1871.

IMPRovi-:MENT iN UMBRELLA.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters 'Patent and making part of the same.V

We, MASON Hlnsrr and LnoPoLD Hmsn, ot' the f firm of Hirsh 8.# Brother, of Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented an Improvemcntin Umbrellas, of which the following is a specication.

Nature and Object of the Invention.

Our invention relates to umbrellas having the handles Aor tips, -or either, connected tothe stick as to form agrigid part of the latter when the nmbrellaisiu use, but so that they can be disconnected from thc stick without being entirely detached from the same,

, Description of the Accompanying Drazt'i'ng. Figures 1 and 2 are views of our improved u mbrella;

Figure 3, an enlarged sectional view of part of the same, showing the tip of the 'umbrella rigidly connected to the stick;

Figure 4, the same with the tip disconnected and' Figure 5, an enlarged view, showing the method ot' attaching the handle of the umbrella -to the stick.

General Description.

The stick of the umbrella consists of three sections, namely, of thel stick proper, A, which is of about the same length as the folded cover of the umbrella, and to which the latter and the frame are secured in the ordinary manner, and 'of a handle, B, and tip, C, the end of the latter being protected by the usual ferrule a.

The handle is attached to the stick of the umbrella in the following manner:

A threaded stem, e, is screwed -into or otherwise secured to'the end x of the stick, as shown in iig. 5, and to this stem is connected one end" of a spiral spring, f, the opposite end ot which is similarly connected te a metal slide, g, which is adapted to a recess, Iaformed in the handle. The slide can be partially withdrawn from the recess in the handle through an opening extending through the center of a metal plug, i, which is screwed into or. otherwise secured within the recess h, and the said slide prevented from being entirely withdrawn from the handle by an enlargement, g', at its rear end, which is of too great a diameter to pass through the opening in the plug-.

When the handle has to be rigidly secured to the stick ofthe umbrella,it is merely screwed onto the threaded stem c offv the latter, the hole in the plug or nut t having agscrew-thread formed within it, corresponding tothat of the said stem c.

lhe tip Oof the umbrella is connected to the stick in the same manner as the handle, the only dilierence being that the threaded stem is attached to'the tip iusteadbf to the stick, while the lat-ter is arranged to receive the nut or plug and slide.

We are aware that the detachable handles have been secured to chains or links connected to slides in the hollow stem, and make no broad claim to the combination of the handle, hollow stem, and connecting dcvees; but it will be seen that an umbrella having both the tip and handle detachable is a new manufacture, can be made more compact, and can be reduced in lengt-h to a serviceable degree without dividing the stem above the point where it ,joins the handle.

It will also be seen that, by the use of a spiral-springr connection, the necessity of bringing the stick to an upright position when the handle or tip is to be adjusted is avoided, and that the recesses maybe shorter, and the stick consequently stronger, inasmuch as the spring may be compressed so as to occupy but little space.

. Claims.

1. As a new nl amlfacture, an umbrella, the handle and tip of which are connected to the stem so as to be detachable from the same, as set forth. f l

2. lhe combination, with the recessed stickrA, detachable handle and tip, and slides g g', of spiral springs f connecting the tip and handle to the slide, as specilicd.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specilication in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

MASON HIRSH. LEOPOLD HIRSH. Witnesses:

WM. A. STEEL, lv. B. RICHARDS. y 

